Sustainable Cloud: A Deep Dive Into GreenOps

This IDC Market Perspective analyzes green operations, or GreenOps, and the importance of providing data, recommendations, and insights through cloud sustainability metrics. This document is also an update of FinOps and GreenOps: Synergies Between the Two Approaches (IDC #EUR151007123, July 2023)."IT operations play a key role in delivering and supporting cloud services. However, these are often not properly optimized, leading to unnecessary waste, costs, and unwanted GHG emissions. GreenOps, as well as FinOps, help organizations deliver efficient solutions, innovation, and business value in the cloud by removing silos and improving collaboration and data-driven decisions." - Senior Research Analyst Filippo Vanara, IDC European CloudOps and ESG